Museum catalogue: Antarctic Collection
Dog driving equipment
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Accession no.: | Y: 52/21 | ||||||||||
Object name: | Dog driving equipment | ||||||||||
Title: | Dog driving equipment | ||||||||||
Description: | A centre trace rope set up for eleven dogs. Used by Alan Reece on the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1949-52. | ||||||||||
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Number of items: | 1 | ||||||||||
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A centre trace set up for eleven dogs. It consists of a centre trace rope with ten side traces, arranged in pairs, and a main trace. The side traces and main trace have been spliced into the centre trace, and some of the joins have been finished off/repaired with bits of string. Each of the side traces and the main trace has an aluminium clip hook with a swivel; some of the hooks have had a coating which has now turned yellow. The ropes are made of sisal or similar. |
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